[luhv-lee] This has always been one of my favorite words Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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It’s pronounced exactly how it looks: [pi-sci-nam] This is one of my Latin vocabulary words and I’ve always loved the sound of it Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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[wuhn-der-struhk] I couldn’t find much etymology about this word from an actual source, but it’s fairly easy to figure out if you know the meaning of the bases: Wonder means “A feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something unexpected + struck, the simple past-tense and past-participial of strike, which means “to hit forcefully” - in this case it is used as a participial (i.e. it’s a verb acting as an adjective).  It’s also the name of Taylor Swift’s new fragrance which made it especially hard to research. Favorite word submitted by jasmine-live-out-loud Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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[hawr-ee, hohr-ee] A quite enthusiastic-sounding audio pronunciation can be found here C.1600 as “venerable, ancient;” From “hoar” + -y On the word “hoar”: Old English har ”hoary, gray, venerable, old,” German also uses the word as a title of respect, in Herr. Of frost, it is recorded in O.E., perhaps expressing the resemblance of the white feathers of frost to an old man’s beard. Used as an attribute of boundary stones in Anglo-Saxon, perhaps in reference to being gray with lichens, hence its appearance in place-names. Borrowed from my English teacher’s extensive vocabulary Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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[foolz-kap] “cap worn by jesters,” 1630s; c.1700 as a type of paper, so called because this type of paper originally was watermarked with a court jester’s cap - Online Etymology Dictionary Borrowed from my English teacher’s extensive vocabulary Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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The suffix -rix comes from numerous Latin feminine agent nouns (agent as in “a noun denoting someone or something that performs the action of a verb“ … not secret agent) Favorite word submitted by lulasaurus  Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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[wel-ter] An audio pronunciation can be found here I think this comes from a German word meaning “to roll or twist” Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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I couldn’t find an official pronunciation but I assume it’s just like it’s spelled Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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[noh-ee-jen-uh-sis] An audio pronunciation can be found here Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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This word is derived from the Greek word “leptos” meaning thin [lep-tuh-sohm] Audio pronunciation Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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An audio pronunciation can be found here Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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[fan-fer-uh-neyd] Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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This word comes from the word Gorgon which is “any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone.” [gawr-guh-nahyz] An audio pronunciation can be found here Source submitted by fireeyed-girl Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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This was my favorite word when I was about ten or so :) Favorite word submitted by pippipadoodlydoo Follow for more rare and uncommon words
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